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I have been away for 3 weeks from my blog. Well, was busy on the workfront as well
as on personal matters. Travelled home to India to be with the family. Spent some
brief but quality time with the family who were keen to light one more candle on the
cake.
Today's blog entry deals with design guidelines for tank truck loading terminals for
petroleum products. Notable exclusions from these design guidelines are LP Gases
& Cryogenic Liquids.
Step 1: Establish the product movement by road for a given design year
Step 2: Establish truck fleet characteristics & local factors governing road
transport
a. Vehicle Characteristics
a.1 Truck capacities
a.2 Number of compartments per truck
a.3 Number of products per truck
a.4 Top or bottom loading
a.5 Overall Truck dimensions (Length, Width, Height)
a.6 Minimum turning radius http://www.google.co...iw=1024&bih=571
c. Average / maximum allowable waiting time per truck during peak periods
a. Peak arrival periods: Trucks per hour & duration (for example morning queues can
represent the highest arrival frequency over a relatively short duration)
b. Seasonal Variations: These can be significant for certain products such as motor
gasoline, heating oils, fuel oils, asphalts etc.
b. Calculate average loading time per truck for each class of product
b.1 Assume one stop loading
b.2 Assume sequential compartment filling unless advised otherwise
b.3 Calculate filling time
b.3.1 Allow for low initial and final top-up rates (Refer attachment)
b.3.2 Base normal filling rates on local practice
- 30 liters/s (500 gpm) for truck capacity less than 15 m 3 (4000 U.S.gallons)
- 50 liters/s (800 gpm) for truck capacity greater than or equal to 15 m 3 (4000
U.S.gallons)
- Calculate filling time per compartment
= (Total Volume Loaded - Volume loaded in slow start / top-up period) / Loading
Rate
(Assume start / top-up filling rate as 10% of normal filling rate)
b.4 Include additional time for preparation and hookup (Refer attachment)
b.5 The reciprocal of the total occupancy time in hours gives the number of trucks
per hour that can be loaded at each spot
c. For daily peak arrival periods, calculate the number of spots for each product
class with 100% terminal utilization
d. For peak arrival period in excess of 1-2 weeks, calculate the number of spots
required for each product class based on a terminal utilization of approximately 50%
No. of spots = (Volume per peak period)*(Loading time per truck, hrs) / (Vol. per
truck)*(Terminal open hrs per day)*(Terminal Open days per year)*(peak
days/365)*0.5
e. For overall yearly average loading rates, calculate the number of spots required
for each product class based on a terminal utilization of 35%
No. of spots = (Volume / yr)*(Loading time / truck, hrs) / (Vol / truck)*(Terminal
opens hrs per day)*(Terminal open days per yr)*0.35
f. Select the highest number of spots resulting from the controlling case above
rounded off to the nearest whole number.
Step 5: Examine the impact on terminal occupancy and waiting times for
the following
Hope all of you enjoy this blog entry and looking forward to comments and
discussion on this topic from knowledgeable members of the community.
Regards,
Ankur.